The title is Brujos, espiritistas y vanguardistas (Witches, spiritualists and avant-garde) and was published by Editorial Leviatán (Argentina). The book explores the representation of esoteric traditions in the aesthetic projects of the avant-garde literary movements in Latin-American and Spain of the early twentieth century.
Main Language of Presentation: Spanish-English

10-10:50 | Online tools for every language teacher – (Room 212) | by Jane Dilworth and Fabian BangaAbstract: Can we successfully reproduce the experience of the face-to-face classroom online and, if so, how and to what degree? The presenters will explore these key questions with examples from different types of language classes with diverse mixtures of heritage and non-heritage learners. Level of Education: all levels. Main Language of Presentation: English ─ Examples in Spanish

Theme: Technology Instructional technologies are widely used in all language classrooms and LMS, virtual labs, and online homework are commonplace tools for every language teacher. When correctly applied, their effectiveness has already been well documented. However, the question remains: Can we successfully reproduce the experience of the face-to-face classroom online and, if so, how and to what degree? The presenters will explore these key questions with examples from different types of language classes with diverse mixtures of heritage and non-heritage learners.

Brujos, espiritistas y vanguardistas

Fabian Banga
Professor and Chair, Modern Languages Department, Berkeley City College

The title is Brujos, espiritistas y vanguardistas (Witches, spiritualists and avant-garde) and was published by the prestigious Argentinean publishing house Leviathan. The book explores the representation of esoteric traditions in the aesthetic projects of the avant-garde literary movements in Latin-American and Spain of the early decades of the twentieth century. The book is based on Dr. Banga’s doctoral dissertation and is forwarded by his mentor and friend Dr Francine Masiello, professor of Spanish and comparative literature and Sidney and Margaret Ancker Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at UC Berkeley. Dr Banga will be presenting his book at the Institute of European Studies at UC Berkeley on August 28 and in different locations in Buenos Aires in June.